The Transportation Safety Board says there were 25 fatal crossing accidents in 2012, similar to the 24 recorded in 2011 and up from the five-year average of 21. Most typically involve pedestrians.

One of the worst bus-train crashes ever occurred in Dorion, Que., in October 1966, when 19 teenagers on their way to a dance were killed when their bus was sliced in two by a freight train at a level crossing.

In November 1960, 17 teenage students were killed when their school bus was a struck by a train at a crossing near Lamont, Alta.

In May 2010, three people were killed when a Via Rail train hit the truck in which they were driving at a level crossing in northwestern Alberta.

In September 2000, three people were killed when a Via Rail train hit a vehicle near Limehouse, Ont.